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Being a superhero can cause super problems in a relationship

Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari

October 10, 2020 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

While this is a fun YA book about superheroes and the people who date them, it also brings up some relevant points about obsessions with celebrities. Switch out the superheroes with movie stars or singers and some of the issues that come up in this book can easily be seen in today’s society.   Claire is a fangirl, no doubt about it.  (She has good reason to be, up to a certain point.)  She follows the Chicago branch of the Warrior Nation superhero team obsessively […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Crystal Cestari, LGBTQIA romance, superheroes, YA

crystalclear's CBR12 Review No:24 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Crystal Cestari, LGBTQIA romance, superheroes, YA ·
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Back on my Bullshit

Locked in Silence (Pelican Bay, book 1) by Sloane Kennedy

Sanctuary Found (Pelican Bay, book 2) by Sloane Kennedy

The Truth Within (Pelican Bay, book 3) by Sloane Kennedy

February 23, 2020 by Professor FluffyKitten Leave a Comment

This is usually the time of the year, where I suffer from major burnout, and this year is not that much different. That usually means that the only thing I can deal with is media that is relatively light and does not require me to pay too much attention. This often includes playing World of Warcraft, watching a lot of reality shows and reading romance books.  I managed to read this series in three days. While the books are not particularly deep and complex read, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: #ModernRomance, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA romance, m/m romance, Sloane Kennedy

Professor FluffyKitten's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: #ModernRomance, Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA romance, m/m romance, Sloane Kennedy ·
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The country house party from Hell.

Proper English (England, #0) by K.J. Charles

February 3, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

This wasn’t nearly as good as Think of England, one of my top five books from 2019, but it was still top quality, as I’ve come to expect from my K.J. Charles books. Proper English is an indirect prequel to Think of England, as it takes place two years earlier than the previous book, and shows how Fen and Pat met (they are together at the time Think of England is grappling with its own disastrous house party). But you really don’t need to read […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Romance Tagged With: edwardian, f/f, f/f romance, historical fiction, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, proper english

narfna's CBR12 Review No:18 · Genres: Mystery, Romance · Tags: edwardian, f/f, f/f romance, historical fiction, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, murder mystery, mystery, narfna, proper english ·
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American heiress and spinster daughter of an earl fall in love in the 1920s.

How to Talk to Nice English Girls by Gretchen Evans

October 2, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

Another book where I’ve been putting off the review, but this time because I couldn’t work up the energy to talk about it. This was a rec from KJ Charles on Goodreads (she’s a good follow for more eclectic and/or self-pubbed books) and I’m glad I picked it up, but I’m not sure I’ll read any more books by this author. It was solidly in ‘I liked this but meh’ territory. Historical f/f romance is so hard to find, and when I’ve found it, it […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: 1920s, f/f, f/f romance, gretchen evans, historical fiction, how to talk to nice english girls, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance

narfna's CBR11 Review No:80 · Genres: Romance · Tags: 1920s, f/f, f/f romance, gretchen evans, historical fiction, how to talk to nice english girls, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance ·
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My Prediction/Request Came True!

Competence by Gail Carriger

August 2, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 11 (Travel) I waited until almost the next book in the series release to read Imprudence, the prequel to Competence. I waited until almost the next book in the series release to read Competence because I hadn’t enjoyed Imprudence as much as previous novels by Gail Carriger. In my review of Imprudence I remember stating that I wished that the next novel wouldn’t focus on Rue because she’d started to annoy me. Ms. Carriger seems to have heard my plea (because of course she […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, competence, custard protocol, gail carriger, LGBTQ romance, LGBTQIA romance, parasolverse, The Custard Protocol Series, vampires

CoffeeShopReader's CBR11 Review No:60 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, competence, custard protocol, gail carriger, LGBTQ romance, LGBTQIA romance, parasolverse, The Custard Protocol Series, vampires ·
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“He was riding a tiger. He might as well enjoy it.”

Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) by K.J. Charles

April 10, 2019 by narfna 2 Comments

I hope that my life continues to be full of K.J. Charles books that do not disappoint me. I know I’ve still got about half her back catalogue to go through, and I hope all those unread books are just as fun to read. This one is a romance, of course, but it’s also a heist novel featuring Alec, the estranged son of a duke out to make his father pay for the damage he’s caused Alec and his siblings, so Alec hires two notorious […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: any old diamonds, capers and heists, historical fiction, historical romance, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, lilywhite boys, m/m, narfna, Romance

narfna's CBR11 Review No:39 · Genres: Romance · Tags: any old diamonds, capers and heists, historical fiction, historical romance, K.J. Charles, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, lilywhite boys, m/m, narfna, Romance ·
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